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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] __call overload detection
From: mike.n@zend.com (Mike Naberezny)

Hi Andrew,

Andrew Yochum wrote:
> Consider that one may only
> want __call to respond to a computable set of overloaded method names.

Usually, this is done by something like this:

<?php
class Test {
     public function __call($method, $args) {
         switch ($method) {
             case 'method_name_1':
                 // handle method_name_1
                 break;
             case 'method_name_2':
                 // handle method_name_2
                 break;
             default:
                 throw new Exception('Call to undefined method ' . __CLASS__ . 
'::' . $method . '()');
          }
     }
}

$t = new Test();
$t->nonexistant();
?>

I see your point with detection by something like __is_callable(), although I 
  can't personally think of a place where I'd use it.

Mike